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* Invest in yourself first and foremost and never stop.

* Network and don't be afraid ask for help. Many of us have been your shoes and are more willing to help than you might think.

* Never stop networking - keep networking even when you're gainfully employed.

* Understand your value to a company and how that company makes money. Ultimately every company is about increasing revenues and reducing expenses. Find out how you can help with that. Then tell the employer how you'll do it.

* Get advice on your resume/CV. Many resumes are trashed in 10 seconds or less. The least you can do is make it consistent without typos or grammatical errors.

* Hone and polish your interview skills. Nail the softballs and polish any technical questions in your field.

* Work on writing and communication. Get a copy of Strunk and White. Make your writing clear and concise. It will pay dividends in every profession.

* Don't worry about what your friends are or are not doing. In 10 years no one will really care what anyone else is doing. Odd but true.

* Never put anything in writing you don't want to be used against you (esp. with HR)

* Don't invest your money in anything that might result in a major loss of principle. Major losses in your 20s can have a highly negative impact on lifetime returns.

* In every job you are in give it your all for yourself. Don't worry if your boss and company suck - if that's the case just focus on how you'll speak to your accomplishments in your next job.

* Work hard but be patient. And be kind to yourself.

* Be your unapologetically weird self. That's why people like you.

I graduated at the height of the financial crisis and was so fortunate to land a job. Other people can help you get your foot in the door but it is up to you to demonstrate your worth. Be confident and have fun.

Sure. Could have clarified that what I meant was "It is more or less fine while it is working." When the valuation goes under the amount invested, I'd say that is no longer the case. That is, while everything is going well no one thinks to file a lawsuit. Appreciate your correction nonetheless.

Matt Levine has been crushing this story, as well as dealbreaker and ftalphaville.

All of this is more or less fine while the company is valued at billions of dollars. But you're right, I'm not exactly sure about the legal angle. The biggest loser, besides the unfortunate employees, is SoftBank. I don't think there is a case to be made by SoftBank, as they encouraged Neumann's behaviour, but the employees may have strong grounds for a case.

Yeah this definitely read to me like a click bait title and article. The shortfalls seem trivial in the grand scheme of what was accomplished.

I think the author's point is not that you can't RiiR, it is that one should think twice if the resultant code is not supported. If there is a Rust community around it, great! But if it is just doing it just to RiiR, then (C) holds.

Did NordVPN know about this hack when they were offering their deal for something like $88 for 3 years? I went back and looked at their prices from 2017 and it was something like $69 to $83.99 billed annually (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3200777/nordvpn-vpn-review.h...). I've been a NordVPN customer for a while but have been thinking of switching due to some articles touching on nefarious marketing practices and/or questionable data practices. Then I see this deal for $88 for 3 years and it was tempting to re-up. Coincidentally, when the deal ran out the news broke several days later about the hack. I for one will be finding a new VPN provider, but I can't help to think they were trying to rope in as many existing customers as possible before news of the hack broke. Suspect at best.

WTF am I reading?

The HQ does not need to be in Silicon Valley to adopt the ethos.

> Then they told me I should click on a link to contact support, where they told me I have to log in to contact support, which I couldn't do because my account was shut down.

Gotta love Silicon Valley Customer Service!! The same thing happened to me with LinkedIn. Multiple Catch-22s and/or Chicken and the Egg.

At this point it goes far beyond just gamers. From the NBA to Google, this effect is everywhere. To be explicit, the effect is U.S. firms letting China dictate what they do or do not care about on a global political scale.

> Industries from pizza-delivery to Hollywood are being changed by technology, but finance is unique because it can exert voting power over firms, redistribute wealth and cause mayhem in the economy.

This is quite the sensationalist bullshit. What does this even mean? The rest of the article is paywalled, so I don't know for certain where the author is going with this, but what mayhem is there to speak of?

As noted by other commentors, retail investors are much better off these days because of tightened bid/ask spreads.

After working in HFT for nearly 10 years I've learned the firms that do the best do so by proving value to the market. Through competition with one another, retail investors are much better off by getting better prices from market makers who do a better job.

I think if there was no snark the video wouldn't have been nearly as much fun.

SAT solvers Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_satisfiability_probl...

Am I ok? Kind of. Not really. As a non-throwaway I'll refrain from elaborating. I think a key for me is sleeping well and relieving stress in healthy ways. These healthy stress relievers include exercise and mediation, but I do not engage in them nearly often enough. Writing here is a good reminder to do both.

More of a challenge as I grow older is finding those I feel I can speak with openly about anything. These days that's limited to professionals only, and if a therapy session or two get cancelled then I can become quite derailed.

For anyone out there struggling with what others think of you, something that gets me though the day is Derek Sivers's quote: "Be your unapologetically weird self." Don't get inappropriate in the workplace but remember that you bring something unique to the table (and that's probably why you were hired in the first place).

Quote in full:

“I gave a commencement speech in Minnesota few years ago [at the Carlson School of Management]. The core of it was to be your unapologetically weird self. I think authenticity is one of the most lacking things out there these days.” An excerpt from that speech: “Weirdness is why we adore our friends. . . . Weirdness is what bonds us to our colleagues. Weirdness is what sets us apart, gets us hired. Be your unapologetically weird self. In fact, being weird may even find you the ultimate happiness.” - Derek Sivers via Tools of Titans

Don't bad-mouth your previous employer, but you can put things diplomatically. For example you can say "it was a very challenging work environment" instead of "my boss sucked."

Also be prepared to talk about everything you learned and what you could have done better yourself. It seems like you have a good idea with hindsight about a lot of things that didn't seem right at the time.

But as noted by others, employers understand that there are toxic work environments out there. Be honest but don't belabor the point.

This is pretty brilliant. I'd hook up something to identify trends with companies that can potentially be invested in. Could be useful from a publicly traded stand point (Good ole stock picking) or even VC investing if the product was rapidly growing and not yet heavily invested in.

What an awful website experience.

The screen shot could use a little work. Looks like the dots and letters don't line up with the pieces. Very cool though.

"One of these ones is writing." - I couldn't help but laugh at this. Would have been a little more concise to drop the "ones."

It is Google for reference, but good to know on Amazon!

Yeah great call. Do you know of any good courses to firm up data engineer skills? My training is not exactly formal in this area. Do you know of the most in demand skills for data engineering? Hadoop? Spark? Kinesis? Anything like that?

Possibly! I used to live in the UK, and am still authorized to work there, but I'd require sponsorship in Germany.

Excellent advice thanks. I'll have a gander and see if there are any roles that look like good fits.

Thanks atmosx. I'll have a look and see if they are a good fit.

Hey that sounds great. I'll check this out ASAP.

Thanks a lot gen220. Still sorting the mess out. I'll definitely check out those positions.

Really grateful for the reply. Thank you. I'll be following up shortly.

I hear ya @mimixco. Just trying to be up front. I am highly specialized but possibly too specialized. My speciality is HFT Trading Operations but I'd love to get out. I have been working towards specialization in SWE over the past 2 years or so. However, in performing that job it has been difficult to specialize in SWE as the job demanded a bit Data Science and Product Management in addition to HFT duties. But I totally understand what you're saying.